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A feature on rhythmic gymnast Margarita Mamun in her preparation for the Rio Olympic Games. Harsh training. Merciless coaches.
Now retired, Margarita won in Rio edging out World Champion Yana Kudryavtseva.
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Did you catch the story of Shalane Flanagan winning the New York City Marathon?
… She’s the first American woman to win in 40 years, and she did so in a blistering 2 hours 26 minutes.
But perhaps Flanagan’s bigger accomplishment lies in nurturing and promoting the rising talent around her, a rare quality in the cutthroat world of elite sports. Every single one of her training partners — 11 women in total — has made it to the Olympics while training with her, an extraordinary feat. Call it the Shalane Effect …
Olympians can register to add OLY to their name as a post-nominal designations.
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It was Ono No Komachi who added text to that photo. 🙂
With regard to the situation on the Korean Peninsula, the (IOC) Summit expressed its appreciation that the IOC has been in close contact for many months already with the governments and National Olympic Committees (NOCs) concerned. The Summit took note that none of them has called the Olympic Games PyeongChang 2018 into question.
The safety and security of the athletes are of course the top priority for everyone in the Olympic Movement …
There are at least 150,000 Americans living in South Korea. The USA is not likely to do anything to endanger those citizens.
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